Butter-cutter.



G. A.'SELVIG. BUTTER CUTTER. APPLICATION lnuev MAR. e. ma. l ,28, 72. Patented' Dec. 24, 1918,

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BUTTER CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6.19m?. lj. Patented, Dec. 2%-, HMS

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GUSTAF A. SELVIG, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

BUTTER-CUTTER.

Application filed March 6, 1918.

, cutter in which all thev squares cut at one operation of the device will be ofthe same size and without any waste.

A further object is to provide a cutter of compact, simple construction and one which can be easily and quickly manipulated.

The invention consists generally in various constructions 'and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly point ed out in the claims.

In' the accompanyipg drawings forming part of this specificati-on,

Figure l is a plan view of a butter cutting 4dece embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the manner of cutting a block of butter,

Fig. 4 is an end view,

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the butter cutting frame, showing the preferred manner of mounting `a cutting wire therein,

Fig. 6 is a similar view, illustrating the mounting of the wire on the opposite side of the frame.

In the drawing, 2 represents a suitable base on which the butter cutting apparatus is mounted. At one end of this base l prefer to provide an upright standard 3 forming a guide for a hub 4t. The standard is provided with a longitudinal slot 5 to receive a screw G which, with said slot, guides the hub in its vertical movement and prevents it from turning on the standard. Near the top of the standard I prefer to provide an annular groove 7 which, when the screw registers therewith, will allow the hub to .be revolved on the standard.

A frame 8 is mounted on said hub andl projects horizontally therefrom and is preferably rectangular in form and carnes the cross wires for cutting the vertical shts Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 191.8.

serial No. 220,742.

4 transverse slits 9 and 10, the former being formed in the under surface of one rail and the latter in the upper surface of the other rail and the slits of one group are preferably nearer together than those of the other group so that the thickness of the butter squares may be varied .according to the size desired for the table. cess 11 in its outer face, with a notch 12 therein to receive a head 13 on the end of the cutting wire 14,- while the other end of the wire extends lthrough a hole 15 in the opposite rail and is attached to a plug 16 which is tapped into the under side of the rail and is adapted to be moved back' and forth to tighten or loosen the wire. The opposite side of the rails .is equipped with a similarmeans for fastening the wires, which may be easily und quickly transferred from one side of the frame to the other, the frame being reversible on the guiding standard Each rail has a rc-V for the positioning of either'group of cutting wires on the top of the frame.-

The end rail 0f the frame adjacent the hub isalso provided with notches 17 in its upper and under .surfaces to receive the head of a cutting wire 18 that is secured in the opposite end rail of the frame by a plug 16a that is tapped into the upper and under surfaces of said rail, as may be desired, according to the position of the cross Wires of the frame. This longitudinal wire 18 serves to cut the block of butter vertically and lengthwise thereof and cooperates 'with the cross wires to form the desired size of squares. 4

19 is a slide, molinted to move bac-k and forth on the frame and having deq'iending 'arms 20 provided with slits 21. in which the Upon the base 2 I` arrange a stationary surface of the plate is divided by transverse grooves '28 and a longitudinal groove 2S) into a series of rectangular supporting surfaces for the butter squares, the grooves between these surfaces allowing the cutting wires to pass down entirely through the butter block and the group of grooves in the opposite surfaces of the plate are differently v spaced to correspond to the variation in distance between the cutting wires in the upper and under surfaces of the frame, so that whenever it is desired to vary the size of the butter squares and the cutting wires are moved in the trame for that purpose, the base supporting the block of butter will be inverted so that the grooves in the upper surface, will be positioned to rece-ive the cutting wires when they have been forced down through the bllock of butte-r.

At the inner end of the plate 23 I prefer to provide an upright 4plate 30 against which the end o't' the block. of butter is seated, a vertical slit 31 being provided in this plate in which the longitudinal cut-ting vie of the frame is vertically movable.

The device may, of course, be made invarious sizes aud the position of the wires changed according,tothe desired size of the buttersquares.

l claim as my invention:

1. Av'butter cutter comprising a base, a plate mounted for inversion thereon and adapted to support a block of butter, and having a series of differently spaced s'lots in its upper and lunder sui-fac a verticall \7 nitn'a'ble frame having cutting wires mounted therein. said wires being mounted for adjustment in said frame to vary the distance between them to adapt said frame for the face. of the supporting plate that is uppermost to register said wires with the slots in said frame.

2. A. butt-er cutter comprising a. base, a butter supportiiig plate thereon, a vertically movable frame comprising side and end rails having recesses and slots in their upper and under surfaces, those in one surface being spaced apart a greater dist-ance than those in the other surface, and butter cutting wires mounted in said recesses and slots for adjustment from one surface of said frame to theI other surface thereof.

3. In a butter cutter, a vertically movable frame having side and end rails, one of said end rails having notches in its upper and under surfaces to receive one end oft' a butter cutting wire seated therein. the other end rail having sockets in its upper and under surfaces and a plug tapped into said sockets'and engaging the other end of the butter cutting wire for putting it under tension between the ends of said fra-me, said frame being mounted for inversion to position the butter cutting wire at the top of said frame.

l, A butter cutter comprising a base having a sup-port. whereon the .block of butter to be cut is placed, and an upright standard, of a frame vertically slidable on said Standard and guided thereby, said frame comprising side and end rails, wires mounted in said side and end rails for dividing the but,- ter transversely and longitudinally, a slide carried by said frame, and a wire supported -by said `slide for dividing` the butter horizontally into an upper and a lower section.

A butter cutter conrprising a baser ay butter supporting plate thereon, a vertically slidable frame having` side and end rails providedin their upper and under surfaces with groups of differently spaced recesses. and wires having means for mounting them in parallel relation in either ot' said groups of recesses for varying the thickness of the squares of butter, and said frame being rev'versible on its support, for the purpose specified.

A butter cutter eon'iprising a base havi-ng a support for a block of butter *l iereon, an upright standard.- a frame vertically slidable and reversible on said standard. a, series of wires mounted in parallel relation in said frame` said' traine having means for mounting said 'wires with different widths or spaces between them in the upper amt under surfaces ot' said frame, for the, purpose speeilied.

ln, witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February, 1918.

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